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CURTAIN FIXTURE.

No. 297,627. Patented Apr; 29, 184.

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PATENT CURTAIN- FIXTURE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 297,627, dated April 29, 1884.

Application filed January 18, 1884. (No model.)

I which the following is a specification.

Our invention relates particularly to\cur- .tain-fixtures applicable to curtains arranged to slide endwise along their supporting-bars, and is an improvement upon our Letters Patent No. 291,928, dated January 15, 1884, which principally describes the curtains as suspended from balls or knobs which slide inside of an extensible bar while the curtain is being withdrawn or replaced.

The obj ects of our improvements are to provide, first, an adjustable bracket for supporting the curtain-bar, the bracket being formed of two or more pieces sliding along each other', so that thelength ofthe bracket can be changed, and thereby the distance from the curtain to the wall or jambs varied, as desired, such brackets also forming the end caps of the bar; 4second,`for the construction ofthe sections of an extension curtain-bar, with guiding cleats or V- shaped grooves, which prevent their rotation upon each other and preserve the continuity of their slit in which the necks of the curtain-supporting hooks slide; third, for the construction of the master-balls, to which the free ends of the curtains are attached, in such a manner that when the length of the bar is being changed these balls can be shifted along the cord from the outside without dis-v mounting the bar and cord; fourth, for providing curtain-bars with hooks or eyelets, by which a lambrequin or other auxiliary ornamental drapery can b e suspended; fth, for

rcurtain-supporting devices arrangedto roll instead of slide within'the bar of improved construction, as described; sixth, for bolting the cordguiding roller-frames to the brackets,

instead of fastening them to the curtain-bar; seventh, for improved sectional sockets which confine the ends of the curtain-bar; eighth, for an. improved device for suspending the curtain-clamps from the ball-knobs or rollers which rest within the bar 5 ninth, fora device preventing excessive extension of the bar and consequent sagging and disfignrement. We attain these obj ects by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in whichpieces each, as shown.

Figure l is a longitudinal section, in p lan, of such an extensible curtain-bar, supported by extensible brackets drawn into their shortest dimensions, the brackets being formed of two Figs. 2 and 3 represent an end view and a section of a curtainbar-supporting socket formed of twoparts. Fig. 4 represents a"vertical section of a part of the bar, and of a clamp with its improved attachment to a supporting-ball; also a device for preventing excessive extension of the bar, a modification of which is shown in Fig. 6. Figs. 5, 8, and 9 are vertical transverse sections of the curtain-bar w`ith improved master-ballsro which the free ends of the curtains are attached. Horizontal sections of the master-ball represented by Fig. 5 are shown in Fig. 1. section of the bar, and represents the improved rollers and* hook combination which support the curtain, and of which horizontal sections are shown in Fig. l. Fig. 10 represents an elevation or side view of the bracket D, Fig. 1, extended to its maximum length. .Figs.11 and 12 represent horizontal sections of such an extension-bracket, formed of three pieces at maximum and minimum length, 13 representing a vertical cross section of the middle piece thereof; and Fig. 16 is a side view or elevation of such three-part bracket. Figs.

14. and 15 represent a two-part bracket, thel which telescope into the central part, all thesepieces being slit open at the bottom, as shown, so as to allow the shanks of the hooks G to pass into and slide along the bar and fasten to the curtain-supporting balls or rollers, to which they are permanently attached, except as to the master-balls F F, with which their connection is made, as'herebelow described.

To prevent these sections A A A of the bar from turning upon each other when made cylindrical, which would obstruct the endwise sliding of the necks of said hooks G in said slot, each section A A/ A is formed with a V- groove, as shown in Figs. 4to 9, so that the V-groove of the central piece, A, will fit into the V-grooves of the end sections, A A. Half- Fig. 7 is likewise a vertical cross- IOO round or other indentations, so fitting into each other, would serve the purpose. Such an extension curtain-bar need not necessarily be straight, but can be made curved, so as to conform to an opening arching vertically or horizontally. A separate application for improvements in such bars is contemplated.

The extensible brackets D D', Fig. 1, serve as end pieces or caps to the bar, as well as for supports therefor. For that purpose the free parts thereof end in sockets or caps d, which confine the outer ends of bar-sections A. The shank c of the rollerlframe E passes centrally through the bottom of the cap d, as shown, and is there confined by nut c', as well as by the wooden core of the ornamental end knob, XV, which is screwed upon the protruding screw threaded shank c, the latter being square within the cap end. One of the two pieces composing the bracket D or D is formed with a slot, as dL in the several figures. A screw, d, passes through that slot and screws into the other piece, dt, which has raised edges di d", so as to form a trough, into which the slotted end of piece d2 ts, and is therein confined laterally by said screw d" and vertically by said raised edges df. This piece d, is fastened to the `iamb by screws passing through its wing d6.;

Fig. 1 shows the wing d of bracket D in a plane with its sliding parts d2 (1*, and the wing d of bracket D at right angle to the bracket, so as to admit of its attachment to jambs facing the curtain-bar. Figs. 14 and 15 represent such an extension-bracket provided with an open loop at the free end for the support of the bar, instead ot' the socket or cap d. Figs. 11, 12, 13, and 16 represent such a bracket formed of three pieces, so as to attain greater range of extension, Figs. 11 and 12 being horizontal central sections, Fig. 1G a side elevation, and Fig. 13 a vertical cross-section and in part end view of the central piece, M.

The improvements to the master-balls F F, to which the free ends of the curtains are attached, are shown in Figs. 1, 4, 5,8, and 9. The lower part of these balls resembles a hemisphere, f, which is sui-mounted by a solid bail,

Y j", pierced at right angles by two eyelets, 011e for each cord. The shank g of the hook G screws centrally through the helnisphere and the bail. In Figs. 4 and 5 this shank g is provided with a disk or flange, g, which enters a corresponding recess in the lowest portion of the ball, as shown. Parallel to this hookshank g a hole is formed in the ball, extending from one of said eyelets to the said recess for said flange g', and a pin, g, Fig. 5, plays loosely in that hole. rlhe cords being passed through the eyelets, the ball is attached to one of the cords by screwing the hook G into the ball until the flange g forces the pin ff firmly against the cord, and thus confines the same. The same object is attained, as represented in Fig. 8, by placing the eyelets and cords vertically one over the other and clamping the ball to the lower cord bygscrewing the shank r/ directly against it, the flange y in that case being omitted. In Fig. 9 t-he eyelets and cords are side by side, but so as to bring one of them directly over the shank g. rlhe dismembernient of the cord by the screw motion is prevented by the loose pin g3, intervening between the shank f/ and the cord. \Vith this construction the flange g is also unnecessary. By either of these constructions the main purpose-that of being able to shift the master-balls along the cord, when changing the length of the bar, without dismounting the bar and the cordis accomplished, the cord being released or clamped by manipulating the hook G, which extends below the bar. rlhe lower flange, y", which is rounded off ou the top edge, is to prevent the entering of the hook G through the slot into the bar when the cords are unduly resisted.

To bring the clamp H, Figs. 4t and 5, close to the bar, and centrally under the same, it is attached to the hook G by a bail, h, attached to the spindle which pivots the two wings of the clamp H, as shown. rFhe drawings represent the hook G as at right angles to the spindle of clamp H. The entering ofthe hook into the bail It is facilitated by giving the bail at the top a quarter-turn loop, so that the hook stands parallel to the spindle.

Figs. 1 and 7 showimprovements in the curtain-supporting balls or devices not used as 1naster-balls. The improvement consists in sustaining the curtain by two rollers, R R, similar in shape to a hemisphere flattened at the pole, and mounted upon the spindle r2. Around the center of this spindle, between the rollers lt R, the shank of the hook G is looped, and is extended upward through a bail, r, attached to the ends of said spindle, as represented. rlhis bailr, together with the hook-shank which passes through it, separates and guides the two cords.

rlhe curtain-bar-supporting socket represented iu Figs. 2 andi? is formed of two parts, as shown in Fig. 2. The lower part remains attached to the liamb, while the upper one is removed to dismount or mount the bar. rFhe division between the two parts is preferably made obliquely at an anglcof about forty-five degrees with a horizontal line, so that the socket can be placed close to the top arch or beam without interference with the mounting ofthe bar. rlhe cylindrical part of the socket, at its edge farthest from the jamb, is made with an inward flange, S, which serves to retain endwise the outward flange upon the end cap, d', of the bar, as represented in Fig. 3. As an excessive extension of the bar would cause it to sag, deforming its contour and in- `iuring the ends of the sections, means are provided for preventing such undue extension, as shown in Figs. t and 6. Fig. 4 shows a spring-wire, K, fastened in the V-groove of the middle section, A, under the re-enforce ring a. To the free end of this spring K apin, K', is attached, which passes through the opening K2 in the section A, and during normal ex`- IIO tension of the sections rests upon the inner l lets,

section, A, as shown in Fig. 4. -This inner section, A, is provided with an opening, a2, which, when the extension becomes excessive, comes under pin K, which enters therein, and thus checks further extension. Another method of accomplishing this object is represented in Fig. 6. In this case the two openings K2 a2 are the same; but the spring K is dispensed with, the pin K passing simply through the re-enforce ring a. This methodis particularly applicablewhen .the re-enforce ring a is ornamented'by a central knob, as shown, and to .insure the falling of the pin K', its top end is made heavy by making it a part of such ornament, as represented.

Figs. l and 7 represent hooks or eyelets P, attached to the front and under side of the curtain-bar for the purpose of suspending therefrom a lambrequin or other supplementary and ornamental drapery. These eyelets are preferably fastened to the re-enforce rings a. y

rlhe ends of the bar-sections telescopi-n g into each other may be lined with soft brous material, cemented on, for the double purpose of preventing scratching the polished surfaces in the act of changing the length of the bar, and to obtain a tight fit at the lapping ends of the sections. Y

To the bar-supporting cap d of the brackets may be added an outwardly-extending cap or socket, (ZS, Fig. ll, for chambering the neck of the ornamental knob W, instead of screwing the latter upon the shank e. This method is particularly applicable to the larger curtainbars, and admits of placing the shank e eccen- Y trically.

What we desire to claim and secure by Letters Patent is;-

1. As a support for a curtain-bar, a bracket formed of two or more flat pieces placed edgewise up and down, one or more of the pieces with edges raised laterally, and one or more of the ypieces slotted, so as to admit of their sliding upon and stiffcning each other and of being clamped together laterally, substantially as set forth.

2. As a support for a curtain-bar, an eX- tension-bracket formed of two or more pieces arranged to slide upon each other endwise, one of such pieces forming the end cap of the curtain-bar, as set forth.

3. rIhe combination, with a curtain operated endwise along its support, of sockets which support and confine the ends of the curtain-bar, each socket being divided circumferentially into two parts, and provided with a flange which retains endwise the end cap of the'bar, substantially as set forth.

4. rIhe combination, with a curtain arranged to slide endwise along its' supporting-bar by means of cords, of master-balls F F, attached to such cords, each ball provided with an eyelet foreach cord, with a central screw-tapped hole at right angles to and between such eyea smooth hole opening into one of said eyelets, in which hole va pin, g2, slides freely, together with a curtain-supporting hook, G, the threaded shank of which is screwed into said central tapped hole, and is made to control the position of said pin g2 and its impingement upon the cord by means of a flange, g', upon said hook, which hook G is operated from the outside of the bar, substantially as set forth. i

5. llhe combination, with a curtain arranged to travel endwise along its supporting-bar by means of cords, of master-balls, each ball provided with an eyelet and a curtain-supporting hook, the shank of which hook screws into i such ball, and by its entry into the ball causes the cord in such eyelet to be clamped, substantially as set forth.

6. The combination, with an adjustable eX- tension curtain-bar formed of two or more cylindrical pieces telescoping into each other, of longitudinal grooves or other indentations which match so as to yprevent the telescoping sections from turning upon each other, substantially as set fort 7. The combination, with an extension curtain-bar composed of two or more pieces sliding along eachother, of a lug or pin, K, and corresponding openings, KI and a2, operating ,substantially as set forth in guarding against excessive extension of the bar-sections.

8. The combination, with a curtain arranged to move endwise along its supporting-bar, of a curtain-clasping clamp, H, suspended from the bar by 'a hook or eyelet, G, attached' to the clamp by a bail, 7L, the ends of which are fastened to the spindle pivoting the two parts of the clamp, substantially as set forth.

9. The combination, with a curtain operated endwise along its supporting bar, of hooks or eyelets P, attached to the under and front side of such bar for the support of a supplemental lambrequin or other ornamental drapery, substantially as set forth.

10. rlhe combination, with a curtain operated endwise along its supporting-bar, of curtain-supporting hooks and rollers arranged to travel along such bar, each set being formed of two rollers, R E, their spindle'rz, and the hook G, with its shank looped centrally around spindle r2 and `piercing at its upper end the bail r, which bail is looped around the ends of spindle r2, the whole operating substantially as set forth.

11.*The combination, with a. curtain arranged to be operated endwise along its supporting-bar by means of cords, of cord-guiding rollers attached by their frames tothe bottom of the caps covering the ends of the bar, substantially as set forth.

' LOUIS PAGE.

LOUIS WEBER. Witnesses:

ROBERT GREUZBAUR, GEORGE MURRAY, HENRY FR. Koor-r.

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